Editorial Independence Policy

Last updated: 8 November 2026

1. Our principle

The numbers come from the publishers. The words come from fixed rules applied to those numbers. Nobody, including sponsors, can change either.

2. Sponsorship

Sponsors do not see pages or briefings before they are published.

Sponsors do not choose topics, regions or occupations, and cannot ask for a page to be added, removed or changed.

No number, chart, sentence or rule is ever changed for a sponsor.

Sponsor notes never look like data or editorial text.

We do not accept sponsorship that conflicts with an accurate reading of the data, and we may end a sponsorship that tries to influence it.

3. How sponsorship is shown

Sponsors are named in a clearly labelled sponsor note, separate from the data, the charts and the summary. Sponsor notes never appear inside a table, a chart or a sentence that describes the data.

4. Corrections

If we get a figure wrong, we correct it and say so on the page, whoever sponsors it.

5. Questions

Questions about this policy, or concerns that a page has been influenced, are welcome through the contact page.

Contact

Phone 1800 266 160 or email info@caqa.com.au. See also Complaints and Feedback.